Janmashtami 1946 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Mon 19 Aug or Tue 20 Aug
Festival · times in UTC+3
When is Janmashtami 1946 in Sevan?
Smarta
Monday 19 August
Vaishnava
Tuesday 20 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 19 Aug in SevanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Monday 19 August
Vaishnava · Tuesday 20 August
Why is Janmashtami on Mon 19 Aug or Tue 20 Aug in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Mon 19 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:43–00:24 Tue. Ashtami: 17:17 to 15:13 Tue.
Ashtami ended at 15:13; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 17:17 on Mon 19 Aug to 15:13 on Tue 20 Aug, so only Monday night’s nishitha (23:43–00:24 Tue) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Tue 20 Aug, at 05:14. Reading the Vaishnava rule by sunrise is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta.
- Smarta
- the night whose nishitha Ashtami holds; when it touches both or neither, the later (Dharmasindhu).
- Vaishnava
- a Ashtami that Saptami does not pierce, read at sunrise: Tithika’s convention.